Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22261, John Gardner, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Gardner John.
8 22 26 1.
CONTENTS

26.169.
Pennsylvania John Gardner
Wisconsin Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Healy of the 1st Regt commanded by Col Chamblain in the 1st Division for 1 Month
No 9 $ 23.53
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn s the rate of 93 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March and Issued to 1831 Mrs J. B. Anthony AR
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 $ 70.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1  11.66 2/3 $ 81.66 2/3
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. J. Prager Clerk, Book C Vol. 5 Page 22

State of Penn. Lycoming Co.
thine
of September
AD 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County aforesaid now sitting John Gardner a resident of Hance Township in Lycoming County aforesaid in Pennsylvania aforesaid aged Seventy eight nine who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
I entered the service of the United States in the month of October in the year 1776 - I volunteered as a militia man, and served one month, under Captain Nathan Stout, in the Regiment of Jersey militia commanded by Colonel William Chamberlain, I then lived in Amwell Township in Hunterdon County, That Tour of duty was served at a place called Smith's farm, opposite to Staten island, - I served next to the best of my recollection two Tours of one month each under Captain John Philips, as a drafted militia man in the New Jersey Militia - This service was performed in the neighbourhood of and at Elizabeth Town - this service  and was with the view to protect the coast of New Jersey, the English army having then possession of New York - Long island and Staten island - Wm Chamberlain to the best of my memory was Colonel and Chambers was Lieutenant Colonel - But which was the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel I am not certain, at this great distance of time - My memory has much failed me - I can recollect the Tours of duty performed by me as a private in the Jersey Militia, I can also recollect pretty distinctly the names,

of the Officers - but I cannot remember the order of the Tours of Service. I served a tour of a month as a private in the Jersey militia under Captain Arthur Gray - I served also a tour of one month as a private under Captain James Stout - Under Captain Gray the service was along the Raritan river and in that neighbourhood - Under Cap n James Stout the service was in the County of Hunterdon, not far from New Brunswick - Camden The next tour of duty was one month to the best of my memory, the Captain was not in command at that time so that the Company was under the command of Lieutenant Darius Hagerman under him, we marched first to Brunswick, then to Elizabeth Town and then to New York and up the Passaic river I served also under Lieutenant Hagerman one half a month in the same character at Princeton - and one half a month under Captain David Jones as a private, in the County of Monmouth - all these were regular Tours of service, faithfully and hardily performed - and all under the command of the Colonel already named - I served also upon emergencies - under irregular calls upon the Militia which I do not here state - The services above named to the best of my recollection were performed in the years 1776 and 1777 - a part may have been  was in 1778 - but of this I am not certain - While I was under Cap n Gray upon the Raritan, the American Army lay at Morris Town - under Genl Washington I was in service under Captain Jones above stated at the time of the Battle of Monmouth, that was my last regular service - In all I served six monthly Tours and Two half monthly Tours, under the Officers above named, as clearly as I can recollect

I never was in any battle, and yet it will be seen that my services were performed at times of great difficulty and hard duty.
He hereby making void every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. Wood Prov.
John Gardner
We Hezekiah Morris and John Runyan both residents of Lycoming County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gardner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. Wood Prov.
Hezekiah Morris John Runyan
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Hezekiah Morris and John Runyan
who have signed the preceding certificate are resident citizens citizens of Lycoming County and .
and are persons of respectability and are credible witnesses, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Jeth Chapman John Cummings A. Davidson

State of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss
I Joseph Wood Proofonary of the Court of Common pleas of the county of Lycoming aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of John Gardner for a pension. I further certify, that the deposition of Peter Young taken before George Brown a Justice of the Peace with the certificate of Phineas B. Kennedy Clerk of the inferior court of Common pleas of Warren County State of New Jersey and under the seal of the said Court, that the affidavit of the said John Gardner & the deposition of John Belles taken respectively before Samuel Hill May 23. 1832, a Justice of the Peace of Hunterdon County in New Jersey with the certificate of Isaac G. Farlee clerk of the Court of Common pleas of Hunter- don County under the seal of said Court, and also the deposition of David Rockefeller taken before Nicholas Wyckoff a Justice of the Peace of Hunterdon County New Jersey with the certificate of Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said County under the seal of the said Court. were respectively produced and read as evidence in the matter of the application, and are by me hereto attached as part & parcel of the said Record of the same
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the said Court this ninth day of September A.D. 1833
J. Wood Proof

Answers to the Interrogatories propounded by the Court of Common pleas of Lycoming county aforesaid To John Gardner in the matter of his applica- tion for a pension agreeably to the directions of the War department
1 I was born in December 1753 in Amwell Township Hunterdon county in the State of New Jersey 2 There was a record of my age in the handwriting of my Father as I was always informed, in his family bible, which I have frequently seen - it was in my possession until I was upwards of 30 years of age - it has been lost for many years 3 I lived in the Township of Amwell aforesaid when I was first called into service - I left Amwell Township about the declaration of peace in 1783 and moved into Ringwood Township in the same County of Hunterdon where I resided 18 or 19 years, then I moved into Greenwich Township in Sussex county Now in that part of it called Warren county - When I lived 3 years - In 1804 I moved into Northumberland county in Penn- sylvania in that part of now called Columbia county in Derry Township - Now in that part of it called Elladine Township - When I resided till April 1833 and have since lived with my son Joshua Gardner in Muncy Town- ship in Lycoming county Penn a - 4 I served my term according to the Militia Laws of New Jersey, as a drafted or classed militia soldier

5 Genl Sullivan I think commanded a portion of the Continental army while I was service, I saw him in Command - Jeremiah Ballard was a Lieutenant and Eaton Burrows was also a Lieutenant - that I remember as officers in service in the American army I had but little to do with the regular army - and being a private in the Militia Service I have therefore but an imperfect recollection of them -
As to the names of my own officers and the circumstances of my services I cannot state except in minute details any further than as I have stated in my declaration in chief -
6 - I never received a written discharge
7 I never received a commission - I always served as a Private -

27. 757.
John Gardiner
Penn a
Return
Adm. J. Moates
Hon. J. B. Anthony Box 604 Ellis A. R.
Return Penn a

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 th Novem r 1855
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subj d notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Gardner
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 17/14. 1. priv Capt. Stout 19 years.   2 " Col Chamberlain   1 " Capt. Smith Philip. Greenland Traditionary and living Witnesses   1 " " Gray Courtesy   1 " " Stout N. J.   1 " Lieut. Hagerman   15 " "   15 " Capt. Jones  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The witnesses must have the justices certificate as to their credibility, this is the only objection to the admission of the claim.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Revolution
22 261 INVALID.
File No. 22, 261
John Gardner
His Rev was
Act: June 7 th 89.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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27. 7. 37

Huntingdon County ss. State of New Jersey
Personally appeared Before me Nicholas Wyckoff one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid in the State of New Jersey David Rockefeller who Being duly sworn according to Law who deposeth and saith that John Gardner served as a private in the Revolutionary war as a Militia private when I was twice with him in the same service once under the command of Denis Hagerman the other time is out of my mind under who and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed Before me at Lewesbury County and State above named this twenty day of May A.D. 1832.
Nicholas Wyckoff Just a of the peace
David Rockefeller
State of New Jersey, Huntingdon county ss: I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Huntingdon do hereby certify that Nicholas Wyckoff Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed is and hath been for two years or more one of the Justices of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn; and that due credit ought to be given to all official acts as well in this State as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Flemington the 26 th day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Isaac G. Farlee Clerk

Hunterdon County ss. State of New Jersey Personally appeared before me Samuel Hoile one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey. John Gardner who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he served as a private in the company of Hunterdon Militia commanded by Captain Arthur Gray part of the time and part by Captain James Stout that Colonel William Chamberlin was Commander of the Regiment to which they belonged that he was out about six months in monthly Towers during the years years seventeen Hundred and seventy six and seven - that he now resides in the County of Columbia Madison township in the state of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - and further saith.
not Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty third day May A D 1832 Samuel Hoile Justice of the Peace
John Gardner
also appeared before me John Belles of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith saith that he is acquainted with the above named John Gardner and served with him on one of the Towers of duty above named and knew of his his being in the Militia as above stated - that they then resided within a Mile of each other and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me at my office in Amwell County and state above named this twenty third day of May A.D. 1832 Samuel Hoile Justice of the Peace
his John V Belles mark

State of New Jersey Huntingdon County ss.
I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Huntingdon do hereby certify that Samuel Hill Esquire before whom the within affidavit was taken subscribed is and hath been for two years & more one of the Justices of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn - and that due faith and cred- ought to be given to all his official acts as well in this state as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Flemington the 23 d day of May A.D. one Thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Farlee CLK

State of New Jersey & I Thomas Kennedy Clerk of the Warren County of Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Warren do hereby certify that the within named Amzi Brown before whom the within affidavit was made was at the time thereof and still is an acting justice of the peace in said State duly commissioned and sworn into office as such and to whom official acts full faith and credit are due And further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and am well satisfied that the signature "Amzi Brown" to the within affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Belvidere this four- teenth day of June 1832.
Peter Young
Verf
T. Kennedy Clerk

I Do hereby Certify that on the 12. Day of June in the yeare of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Peter Young Who being Duly Sworn on the holy Evangelist saith that he is well acquainted with John gardner and he also knows he was in the Revolutionary Series under the Command of Coln Chambers and Coln Wm Chambers
Peter Young
Anson Brown Jr. of Albany N.Y.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss
Be it remembered that upon the 1st day of February A D 1854 personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for Lycoming county aforesaid John Shipman of Clancey Creek township in the said county of Lycoming who being duly sworn according to Law doth say, that he is sixty years of age That he was born in Greenwich Township Sussex County New Jersey Now in Warren County That his Father Jacob Shipman who died at the Residence of the Deponent on the 25th of January 1833 - was a Lieutenant in the Militia of New Jersey of Sussex County - That Deponent lived with his Father and family until after the peace in 1783 - And then moved with his Father before to Northumberland County Pennsylvania That about the year 1803 or 1804 Deponent returned to his native place in New Jersey - married there - and resided there about 2 years - and then moved to Lycoming county Pennsylvania, where he has lived ever since -
That he knew Peter Young, of Oxford Township in Warren County New Jersey - That he is now shown the signature of Peter Young put to a deposition taken before Amzi Forster a Justice of the peace of said Warren County - in the matter of the Application of John Gardner for a pension - That he believes the signature to be of the proper hand writing of the said Peter Young so known to Deponent, that the said Peter Young was reputed and believed to be a Soldier of the Revolution

that, he was always considered and believed to be a man of integrity, and truth, - and a credible person -
The Deponent further saith, that he is now shown the signature and deposition of David Rockefeller taken before Nicholas Wyckoff a Justice of the peace of Hunterdon county in New Jersey - That he believing the said David Rockefeller to be a person whose character and reputation went with him when he lived in that State - And that from what Deponent knew of David Rockefeller of Hunterdon county, he was a man reputed to be a person of integrity and truth - That Deponent frequently heard his Uncle Paul Shipman and his Grand Father Matthias Shipman, speak of the character and business of David Rockefeller - Deponent further saith, that he did not know of any other person in Hunterdon county of the name of David Rockefeller but the person as described -
The Deponent further saith, that he has long known John Gardner the Applicant for the Pension aforesaid - That he knew the said Applicant in Sussex now Warren county in New Jersey. That he is reputed and believed when he was, and is known to be a Soldier of the Revolution and that Deponent concurs in that opinion. And further that said John Gardner

has always been esteemed and believed to be a man of integrity and truth —
Sworn and Subscribed before me the said Justice of the peace the day and date aforesaid Witness my hand and Seal
John Shipman
S. Schuyler
The said Justice of the peace do further certify that John Shipman the deponent above sworn and subscribed, is personally well known to me, that he is a man of unimpeachable character for truth and integrity and is a creditable witness, my hand and Seal the same day and year aforesaid
S. Schuyler
Pennsylvania Lycoming County ss
I Joseph Wood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County aforesaid do certify, that Simon Schuyler before whom the annexed deposition was taken on the 1st day of February 1834 of John Shipman was at that time and now is a Justice of the peace of Lycoming County aforesaid duly commissioned and acting as such, that the hand writing of the said Justice is well known to me, and that the name S Schuyler twice signed thereto, is the proper signature of the said Simon Schuyler — and that full faith and credit as such may and ought to be given thereto
I the said Prothonotary hereby further certify that

that I have myself attached, the said Supplementary deposition of the said John Shipman, to the original Papers in the matter of the Application of John Gardner a Revolutionary Soldier for a Pension to which I have attached my Certificate and the Seal of the said Court upon the 9th day of September 1833 -
In witness whereof I have affixed the Seal of the said Court and signed my name the twenty sixth day of February 1834
M c Wood Pres.